Private tour to Ghent from Brussels (by car)

Private tour to Ghent from Brussels (by car)

Ghent is an unassuming, un-touristy city filled with university students, linger-as-long-as-you-like cafes, well priced restaurants and vibrant energy. Ghent combines stellar medieval and other historic sights with touches of gritty urban reality and the bustling character of a genuine, living city. You'll get to view some of the best of all these worlds on a stroll through the Old Center.
Under the watchful eye of Gravensteen Castle or Castle of the Counts, the city boasts an Opera House, 18 museums, 100 churches and over 400 historical buildings. The most visited site in Ghent is the famous St-Bavo Cathedral & its beautiful altarpiece, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb painted by the brothers Jan and Hubert van Eyck in 1432.
During our guided walk we discover all the most famous sites and monuments of the city, including the Belfry and Cloth Hall, a superb gothic monument with a soaring bell tower that dates from 1425, and the Town Hall, a complex mix of architectural style.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Graslei and Korenlei, Graslei en Korenleih, Ghent Belgium

The Graslei and Korenlei are the most beautiful spots in town offering a stunning skyline of preserved medieval port houses and buildings.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Belfry and Cloth Hall (Belfort en Lakenhalle), Emile Braunplein, Ghent 9000 Belgium

this bell tower offer stunning views on the two neighbouring churches as well as the rest of the medieval city. One can climb (or take the elevator) to the top, stopping to look at the various bells and chimes, but the sloping, spiral stone stairs are an adventure in their own right.


Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Gravensteen, Sint-Veerleplein 11, Ghent 9000 Belgium

An impressive medieval fortress in the middle of the city center

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Koninklijke Dekenij Patershol v.z.w., Haringsteeg 3, Ghent 9000 Belgium

With narrow winding roads and cobblestone paths that follow the original street paths from the Middle Ages, you can enjoy the crowded, cosy and thoroughly Flemish appeal of these historical backstreets

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Saint Nicholas Church, Cataloniestraat 4, Ghent 9000 Belgium

Gothic-style church with its blue gray stone, completed in 1200

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Ghent Town Hall (Stadhuis), Botermarkt, Ghent 9000 Belgium

This is the very much ornate city hall in Gothic style

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Ghent Altarpiece, Sint-Baafsplein, 9000 Gent, Belgium, Ghent 9000 Belgium

The Ghent Altarpiece, or ‘The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb’ by the Van Eyck brothers, completed in 1432, is recognised worldwide as a great work of art, and one of the most influential paintings ever made. It is an absolute must-see!

Duration: 20 minutes